Wheel.



G. WOLKE.

WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17 1908.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908,

- awucu-foz disagreeable features'of riding in vehicles,

the wheel is equally provided for and STATES.

GEORGE errace JACKS NVI LE, retrnors.

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Patented Bept. 2e, 1 eoe..

Applrcation fl1edFebrnhry,17,1903. national.

To eZlwh om it may concern:

Bet known that l, GEORGE WOLKE, a

useful Improvements in Wheels; and I dd declare the followin to bee h ll, clear, and

exact description 0- the invention, such as.

will enable others skilled in. thear't to which it appertains to make and use the same My invention relates to Wheels and par ticularly. to spring wheels, and the object of the invention is to rovide 'a-wheel-w'herein shocks received by t e tire and rimare; taken up by the spokes and associated mechanism so as to relieve the hub and axle of unnecessary jars. This action of'course avoids the with Wheels havingi'rigid s okes..

A further object of the invention is to so construct the 'pa'rtsthat lateral strain uponresist'ed the same as in 'wheels'having their imgkes connecteddirectly with the rim and With these and other objects in view, the' invention consists of certain novel featiires of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompan n drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary si e e evation of the Wheel partly in section; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional View on line ac -m of Fig, ,1; Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of the rim s ring; Fig; 4 is a perspective'view of the spe e; Fig. 5 is. a perspective of one of the rim spoke clamps; and Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view on line y-g of l3ig35.

eferring more especially .to the'drawings, 1 represents the hub, which is formed-prefer ably of apair of rings, 2 and 3,1 which are centrally a 'ertured to receive the bushing, 4,

as is usua. Each one of. the rings is provided Wit-han annular flange, 5, havin on its inner side, intermediate its width, alelrcular ridge or lug, 6, which is engaged by notches,-

' 7, formed upon the spokes, 8, which radiate from the hu ably consist of a flat piece of metal gradually tapering from its base? 9, to its outer end, 10,

where it is as shown. The spokespreferprovided with arr-integral bearing eye, 11. I

All 4 tween the flanges of the'rinis of the bolts, 12, whic pass throng the flan oh by of the spokes ere' suitably clamped be-'- I ges between each-pair of, spokes. The rim 1-3 of the wheel, may be of any suitable form to,

receive the tire',14,' but 1 preferably form it 'with'anannular projection, 15, to whichis secured thefpairs of clamping members, 16, each comprising a flat plate riveted to the annular rojection,15,-and provided atits outerflen with inwardly i projecting separated v "flan es, 17, adapted to orm a channel-way, 18, or the reception of what I shall term rim springs 19. In order to roperly secure these springs Within the c ann'el way, 18, I notch them at 20 the same as the spokes,

8, so that they will engage studs, 21, project- -ing from the sides, '16, into the channel-way between the flanges and. ass a securing bolt,-'

-'members so as to- 22, "through the air 0 clamp them toget er.

The outer end B the rim sp'rin 'isf' ro vided with a pair of ears, 23, whic are a ertured to receive a connectin bolt, 124,.w rich passes through the aperture eye, 11. one of the springs, 19, extendsto a point adjacent the next preceding clamp, 16, where it reconnected wit Each" the spring'spoke, 8, and in.

ractice these rim springs 19 aremade perectly straight, and bent'into engagement with the spring spokes. t

From the fore oing description, taken in connection with t e accompanying drawing, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily'understood without re- I ,q uirin'g amore extended ex lanation. V8,11011S changesin the orin, proport1on and the minor details of construction may be resortedito without departing from the principle or sacrificing anv'of the advantages of claims.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Lettars-Patent, is:

this invention as defined in the appended v Having thus described'rny invention, what,

A vehicle wheel comprising a htiband a fellyga lurality of fiat springs spokes carried.

by the iii), a plurality of pairs of clamping pates secured to the felly and projectinginward 1y theiefiem, opposing flanges on the i In testimony whereef I have hereunto set clampin letes adapted to form a eiiannelmy hand in presence of two subscribing Wit- -v Way, an at springs secured in the channelnesses.

ways formed by the clamping plates and hev- GEORGE WOLKE. 5 ing pivotal connection. with the fiat spring Witnesses:

s okes adjacent the next preceding clamping F. E. MCDQUGALL, p ate. LOLAH E. M. SMITH. 

